The French Literary Awards for 1967

The last two or three months of the year bring a special excitement to French literary life. Numerous publishing houses are in a race to release new books, mainly books by young writers, by debutants, who participate in the competition for literary prizes. The tension reaches its peak in the second half of November, when the first literary prizes are announced. Before that, all sorts of "predictions" are made, guesses about one or another author, about one or another book. Of course, these suggestions also provide guidance, and often the literary prizes are awarded to some of the names that have already been launched. A healthy tradition has already been established in this regard, which, during this small section of the end of the year, causes a certain increase in interest among the public in the literary production offered to it. Literary barometers show the coefficient of sales of various books, among which novels occupy first place. On the competitive field, so to speak, they are at the forefront.